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Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls
Microsoft and Amazon are teaming up with law enforcement and India's Central Bureau of Investigatio…
Haley Tenore
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Callers beware! Over 31,000 fake customer care numbers are out there to scam you
When we face any difficulty regarding a product or service, we tend to automatically reach out to t…
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After the 'Tinder Swindler', the FBI is now warning about the rise in romance scams, while a survey showed 1 in 3 Americans are more likely to date someone who talks about crypto
Romance scams increasingly involve crypto, as 33% of Americans say they're more likely to date some…
Adam Morgan McCarthy
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5 crypto scams to know before you start trading coins
Scammers use various techniques to rob crypto investors. Here are five scams to know and how to avo…
Carter Kilmann
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'I'd been suicidal for days': Sam Bankman-Fried lieutenant testifies about immense pressure to keep FTX crypto scam going before it all crashed
Nashad Singh, FTX's former head of engineering, testified in SBF's criminal trial about spiraling i…
Jacob Shamsian
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Crypto scams are preying on vulnerable people. Many victims are deceived online, including an elderly woman who lost thousands.
An Indiana-based woman was only able to recover a fraction of the money she lost to a man who convi…
Zahra Tayeb
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Creator of a scam PAC pleads guilty to defrauding Trump supporters
James Kyle Bell admitted to duping Trump supporters into donating to his PAC and then presenting fa…
Grace Panetta
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Nearly 400,000 users of a Turkish crypto exchange fear millions of dollars may be stolen after its CEO abruptly fled the country, reports say
Users fear investments worth millions of dollars may be missing after being unable to access their …
Shalini Nagarajan
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A federal court has ordered a man to pay more than $571 million in fines for operating a 'fraudulent bitcoin trading scheme'
A US commodities regulator says a UK man had been ordered to pay more than $571 million for an appa…
Kevin Shalvey
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A Coinbase user lost $11.6 million in under 10 minutes after falling for a fake-notification scam, the US Attorneys Office said
A Coinbase user bought 200 bitcoin, then got a fake notification from a scammer and lost $11.2 mill…
Kevin Shalvey
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Russia accuses Ukraine of orchestrating a phone scam scheme to trick elderly Russians into setting military recruitment offices on fire amid string of arson attacks
The attacks have coincided with recent changes to Russia's conscription eligibility amid its mounti…
Erin Snodgrass
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Harlan Crow's jaunts on his yacht with Justice Clarence Thomas were a 'textbook billionaire tax scam,' Sen. Ron Wyden tells ProPublica
Billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow was accused of using lavish yacht trips with Supreme Court Justic…
Azmi Haroun
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Fintech startup Lanistar was rapped by the UK's financial watchdog
Lanistar claims to offer the "world's most secure" debit card.
Kate Duffy
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The top US consumer watchdog is worried you're going to fall for AI scams or overblown marketing hype
The FTC is checking the AI claims of tech companies and investors and concerned about AI-powered fr…
Ethan Dodd
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$3.7 billion was lost to crypto scams and hacks in 2022 - the worst year in the market's history
Attacks against decentralized finance projects accounted for around 80% of the stolen funds, accord…
Morgan Chittum
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10 Things in Tech: Insta crypto scams
In today's edition, we're taking you inside scammers' latest trick, and showing you Snap's newest p…
Jordan Parker Erb
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A YouTuber tricked an MMA fighter into sharing allegations that 20 crypto projects he plugged were scams
Coffeezilla uploaded videos showing he offered Dillon Danis $1,000 to unwittingly post allegations …
Lindsay Dodgson
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Scammers are exploiting Google, Amazon and Apple’s services to steal crypto
Scams around Google, Amazon and Apple’s platforms have been recorded in the last six months. Scamme…
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'Twitter as we know it is dead': Why Elon Musk's plans risk more scams and misinformation
Social media experts tell Insider that the new owner's plans to monetize Twitter threaten to open a…
Sam Tabahriti
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Revenue from crypto scams spike 81% to a near-record $7.7 billion in 2021, says Chainalysis
The surge was paced by a type of scam called "rug pulls," which is when developers unexpectedly aba…